Corporate Business English Language Training Programs

Since 1985, the English Language Institute (ELI) has provided high quality intensive and semi-intensive Business English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction for short-term visiting international business professionals, as well as for international employees of U.S. based corporations. Program instruction is designed to meet the specific needs of both the clients and their corporate sponsors.

Oral business communications instruction includes training in formal business presentations, informal negotiations, idiomatic use of English, oral intelligibility and accent reduction, and listening development within the business context.

Written business communications instruction includes training in business correspondence, business reports/proposals, and reading/vocabulary for specific business purposes.

Faculty

The ELI’s corporate business English faculty are specialists in business English language skill development and provide instruction using software, technical equipment, and an extensive library of Business English materials available at the institute.

Assessment

Upon arrival, clients are assessed in their English language proficiency. Diagnostic test results and needs analysis provided by the client and/or the corporate sponsor structure the design of an individualized program of instruction. Instruction addresses client(s) skill weaknesses and communication tasks required by the client’s work responsibilities.

Faculty conduct regular progress checks with clients and, as requested, keep corporate sponsors informed with progress reports. These progress checks allow for adjustments in the training–both in terms of intensity and skill focus. Summary reports are submitted to the client and his sponsor upon completion of the training program.

Instructional Schedule

Instruction takes place at the ELI. Clients are scheduled based on their need and availability. Experience has shown that a client will need at least forty hours of instruction to achieve significant, noticeable improvement in oral communication skills. At the conclusion of each cycle, clients are re-evaluated and either recommended for exiting or continuation. Rescheduling of tutoring sessions is strictly limited to ensure that a client makes progress within a reasonable time period.

*On-site Programs: The Institute will develop on-site courses for companies within a 30 mile radius of the University campus. Such courses usually have an enrollment of between three and six participants, thereby permitting as much personal and individualized attention from the instructor as possible. Additionally, larger classes of ten to fifteen can be created for content-area topics, such as: